* Old Filmation cartoons (''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'', ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower'', [[WesternAnimation/FilmationsGhostbusters Ghostbusters]]) always ended with a character breaking the fourth wall and teaching a worthy lesson to the children after the main story ends.

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* Old Filmation cartoons (''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'', ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower'', [[WesternAnimation/FilmationsGhostbusters Ghostbusters]]) always ended with a character breaking the fourth wall and [[AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle teaching a worthy lesson to the children children]] after the main story ends.

* Most of the short segments in between stories on ''MaryokuYummy'' have this (most of the ones at the end), with Maryoku asking the viewer "Which wish is..." or asking the viewer to copy her actions.

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* Most of the short segments in between stories on ''MaryokuYummy'' ''WesternAnimation/MaryokuYummy'' have this (most of the ones at the end), with Maryoku asking the viewer "Which wish is..." or asking the viewer to copy her actions.

* In one of the Bugs/Daffy cartoons with the Abominable Snowman, Daffy leads the snowman to Bugs and, sneaking off while the snowman is hugging bugs, he turns to the camera and says "sure, I know I'm a louse. But I'm a LIVE louse." - on a host segment of the Bugs Bunny television show, a dopey sheepdog says (Looking for bugs) "Where's the little bunny rabbit I saw on TV last week? I have to catch him. (''Looking at us'') Actually I'm a sheepdog by trade, but this is my day off."

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* In one of the Bugs/Daffy cartoons with the Abominable Snowman, Daffy leads the snowman to Bugs and, sneaking off while the snowman is hugging bugs, Bugs, he turns to the camera and says "sure, I know I'm a louse. But I'm a LIVE louse." - on a host segment of the Bugs Bunny television show, a dopey sheepdog says (Looking for bugs) Bugs) "Where's the little bunny rabbit I saw on TV last week? I have to catch him. (''Looking at us'') Actually I'm a sheepdog by trade, but this is my day off."

** Kevin gets one in as well in "For Your Eds Only". After the Eds tie him to a tree so he doesn't blab about Eddy stealing Sarah's diary, Eddy shouts "[[TheTerminator Hasta la vista, baby!]]" and Double D apologizes before following, ending with "C'est la vie!"

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** Kevin gets one in as well in "For Your Eds Only". After the Eds tie him to a tree so he doesn't blab about Eddy stealing Sarah's diary, Eddy shouts "[[TheTerminator "[[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay Hasta la vista, baby!]]" and Double D apologizes before following, ending with "C'est la vie!"

*** In the episode [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E5MagicDuel Magic Duel]], Pinkie Pie does this again, angry about her lack of a mouth. Twilight joins in on the action, creating a portal into the black screen and using her magic to give Pinkie her mouth back. Pinkie happily opens her mouth to say something right before the end credits start playing. Earlier in the same episode, Trixie removes Pinkie's mouth by ''dragging the Flash file with the mouth into the computer's trash bin!''*** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E7MakeNewFriendsButKeepDiscord Make New Friends But Keep Discord]]", Pinkie doesn't just ''look'' at the camera; she '''grabs it and starts shaking it up and down'''.*** Then in the very next epísode, "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E8TheLostTreasureOfGriffonstone The Lost Treasure of Grifosntone]]", when Gilda [[spoiler:agrees to help Pinkie save Rainbow Dash]], and insists that it doesn't make them friends. Pinkie waits for Gilda to walk off before turning to the camera and gleefully exclaiming, "Except it doooooes!" ** Applejack gets in on it once or twice as well (It must be an earth pony thing). During ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E7WonderboltsAcademy Wonderbolts Academy]]'' when Pinkie Pie is going off on one long protracted tangent about how Rainbow Dash has forgotten them, Applejack spends the entire time looking ''right at the audience'' as if to say [[AsideGlance "Can you believe this?"]]** Discord is probably second after Pinkie. During ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E11KeepCalmAndFlutterOn Keep Calm and Flutter On]]'', he [[ItMakesSenseInContext brainwashes some beavers]], then grins right at the screen and whispers "Whoopsie!" In [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E2PrincessTwilightSparklePart2 "Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 2"]] he looks at the camera and says he'll need more popcorn.** Sweetie Belle gets one in during the so-called 'fan-pandering' episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E9SliceOfLife Slice of Life]]". She, along with a large group of other secondary characters, are watching the main six "stars" of the show gathered together and discussing something. Sweetie suggests, "Maybe it's a friendship problem and it'll be wrapped up in half-an-hour or so."

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*** In the episode [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E5MagicDuel Magic Duel]], "Magic Duel"]], Pinkie Pie does this again, angry about her lack of a mouth. Twilight joins in on the action, creating a portal into the black screen and using her magic to give Pinkie her mouth back. Pinkie happily opens her mouth to say something right before the end credits start playing. Earlier in the same episode, Trixie removes Pinkie's mouth by ''dragging the Flash file with the mouth into the computer's trash bin!''*** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E7MakeNewFriendsButKeepDiscord Make [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E7MakeNewFriendsButKeepDiscord "Make New Friends But Keep Discord]]", Discord"]], Pinkie doesn't just ''look'' at the camera; she '''grabs it and starts shaking it up and down'''.*** Then in the very next epísode, "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E8TheLostTreasureOfGriffonstone The [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E8TheLostTreasureOfGriffonstone "The Lost Treasure of Grifosntone]]", Grifosntone"]], when Gilda [[spoiler:agrees to help Pinkie save Rainbow Dash]], and insists that it doesn't make them friends. Pinkie waits for Gilda to walk off before turning to the camera and gleefully exclaiming, "Except it doooooes!" ** Applejack gets in on it once or twice as well (It (it must be an earth pony thing). During ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E7WonderboltsAcademy Wonderbolts Academy]]'' [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E7WonderboltsAcademy "Wonderbolts Academy"]] when Pinkie Pie is going off on one long protracted tangent about how Rainbow Dash has forgotten them, Applejack spends the entire time looking ''right at the audience'' as if to say [[AsideGlance "Can you believe this?"]]** Discord is probably second after Pinkie. a fan of this. During ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E11KeepCalmAndFlutterOn Keep [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E11KeepCalmAndFlutterOn "Keep Calm and Flutter On]]'', On"]], he [[ItMakesSenseInContext brainwashes some beavers]], then grins right at the screen and whispers "Whoopsie!" In [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E2PrincessTwilightSparklePart2 "Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 2"]] 2"]], while eating some popcorn, he looks at the camera and says he'll need more popcorn.** Sweetie Belle gets one in during the so-called 'fan-pandering' episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E9SliceOfLife Slice [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E9SliceOfLife "Slice of Life]]".Life"]]. She, along with a large group of other secondary characters, are watching the main six "stars" of the show gathered together and discussing something. Sweetie suggests, "Maybe it's a friendship problem and it'll be wrapped up in half-an-hour or so."

* The pony Pinkie Pie in the show ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipisMagic'' does this many times throughout the series, most notably in the second episode where she babbles, apparently to the audience, about how much fun it's going to be having Twilight Sparkle living in Ponyville, and even briefly interrupts the IrisOut.** At the end of the episode "Over a Barrel", Pinkie does a similar thing while Twilight Sparkle is reading aloud her letter to Princess Celestia. [[spoiler:When Twilight says 'you've got to share. You've got to care', Pinkie, annoyed, pops out of the closing iris and says 'Hey! That's what I said!' Earlier on in the episode, she sang a song with the same title.]]** In the episode [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E5MagicDuel Magic Duel]], Pinkie Pie does this again, angry about her lack of a mouth. Twilight joins in on the action, creating a portal into the black screen and using her magic to give Pinkie her mouth back. Pinkie happily opens her mouth to say something right before the end credits start playing.*** Earlier in the same episode, Trixie removes Pinkie's mouth by ''dragging the Flash file with the mouth into the computer's trash bin!''** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E7MakeNewFriendsButKeepDiscord Make New Friends But Keep Discord]]", Pinkie does this when Discord states he's there to buy all the cakes, turning to the camera and shaking it with excitement while shouting 'He wants ''all'' of the cakes!'.** Then in the very next epísode, "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E8TheLostTreasureOfGriffonstone The Lost Treasure of Grifosntone]]", when Gilda [[spoiler:agrees to help Pinkie save Rainbow Dash]], and insists that it doesn't make them friends. Pinkie waits for Gilda to walk off before turning to the camera and gleefully exclaiming, "Except it doooooes!"

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* The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipisMagic'':** Quite a few characters do this, but the pony Pinkie Pie in is easily the show ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipisMagic'' does this many times throughout the series, most notably in reigning champion; for her, there's pretty much NoFourthWall at all. In only the second episode where episode, she babbles, apparently babbles to the audience, audience about how much fun it's going to be having Twilight Sparkle living in Ponyville, and even briefly interrupts the IrisOut.** *** At the end of the episode "Over a Barrel", Pinkie does a similar thing while Twilight Sparkle is reading aloud her letter to Princess Celestia. [[spoiler:When Twilight says 'you've got to share. You've got to care', Pinkie, annoyed, pops out of the closing iris and says 'Hey! That's what I said!' Earlier on in the episode, she sang a song with the same title.]]** *** In the episode [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E5MagicDuel Magic Duel]], Pinkie Pie does this again, angry about her lack of a mouth. Twilight joins in on the action, creating a portal into the black screen and using her magic to give Pinkie her mouth back. Pinkie happily opens her mouth to say something right before the end credits start playing.*** playing. Earlier in the same episode, Trixie removes Pinkie's mouth by ''dragging the Flash file with the mouth into the computer's trash bin!''** *** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E7MakeNewFriendsButKeepDiscord Make New Friends But Keep Discord]]", Pinkie does this when Discord states he's there to buy all doesn't just ''look'' at the cakes, turning to the camera camera; she '''grabs it and starts shaking it with excitement while shouting 'He wants ''all'' of the cakes!'.** up and down'''.*** Then in the very next epísode, "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E8TheLostTreasureOfGriffonstone The Lost Treasure of Grifosntone]]", when Gilda [[spoiler:agrees to help Pinkie save Rainbow Dash]], and insists that it doesn't make them friends. Pinkie waits for Gilda to walk off before turning to the camera and gleefully exclaiming, "Except it doooooes!"

** Discord is probably second after Pinkie. During ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E11KeepCalmAndFlutterOn Keep Calm and Flutter On]]'', he [[ItMakesSenseInContext brainwashes some beavers]], then grins right at the screen and whispers "Whoopsie!" In [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E2PrincessTwilightSparklePart2 "Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 2"]] he looks at the camera and says he'll need more popcorn.

** Currently the reigning champion is Discord (big surprise). During ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E11KeepCalmAndFlutterOn Keep Calm and Flutter On]]'' he [[ItMakesSenseInContext brainwashes some beavers]], then grins right at the screen and whispers "Whoopsie!"

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